July 27th, 2008 | Musings |
The Mother of All Burkas
I just read this hilarious line in Dawkins’ book on religion. It was mentioned in relation to the visible light spectrum to all the various waves that are out there. He took the analogy a little further and talked about how insects have their "burka slit" a little higher up to see the ultraviolet waves. I’m sure it was the only time a noted scientist has used religious garb to make a point about how species consume waves.
Seeing all the colors in this shot, while being in a famous cathedral in Holland, seemed to make a good occasion for that title.
July 27th, 2008 22:51
perhaps you’ll enjoy hearing dawkins using the mother of all burkas analogy at this informal clip from a book talk about 2 years ago…?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma3aIjlofvY
July 28th, 2008 06:13
Somebody is using one of your images on a canon competition as their own work. http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.jsp?MemberId=6692086097&PhotoNbr=1&PhotoAlbumId=8322917444
Its a bebo belonging to canon and a photo comp is taking place.
July 29th, 2008 23:44
Kinda sad when someone steals an image for a photo contest! What a pinhead. Beautiful work as always Trey
July 30th, 2008 07:06
Thanks — I will check that out…
That reading is from The God Delusion — good to hear him read it. I heard similar things at his speech at http://www.ted.com
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